date:Apr 15, 2016
Stevia ingredient producer PureCircle is planning to invest $200m in Indias stevia infrastructure in the next five years.
The company is planning to collaborate with thousands of Indian farmers to plant 5,000 hectares of stevia and also plans to construct a stevia processing facility in the country.
PureCircle group sales and marketing president Jason Hecker said: Our investment in India signals the huge potential we see in this market for stevia as a sweetener and as an agricultural commodity